{"id":325632,"date":"2019-09-18T11:10:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T18:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325632"},"modified":"2019-09-18T11:10:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T18:10:41","slug":"matt-serra-names-two-fighters-who-can-give-khabib-nurmagomedov-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/matt-serra-names-two-fighters-who-can-give-khabib-nurmagomedov-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Serra names two fighters who can give Khabib Nurmagomedov problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Serra believes two fighters could solve the puzzle of Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>At a stellar 28-0 and holding UFC lightweight gold, Nurmagomedov has become one of the most dominant fighters in the history of mixed martial arts competition. He&#8217;s coming off a successful title defense against Dustin Poirier, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-242-results-khabib-nurmagomedov-submits-dustin-poirier-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">submitting &#8220;The Diamond&#8221; in the third round<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC welterweight champion Serra took to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ufc-unfiltered\/e\/63946472?autoplay=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>UFC Unfiltered<\/em> podcast<\/a> to make the case for featherweight Brian Ortega having a chance against &#8220;The Eagle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Styles make fights. I was thinking, I was there over in Abu Dhabi with Khabib fighting Dustin Poirier and he looked dominant as all F,&#8221; Serra said. &#8220;It was something else, but styles make fights. So after that fight I&#8217;m thinking, is there anything telling in the whole division that somebody can challenge him? [That] can really pose a threat. Two names immediately shot up in my head. One, Brian Ortega. I don&#8217;t give a f*ck what anyone says. That guillotine was tight as hell. I&#8217;d love to hear what Khabib says about it, but the fact that he had to go to his hip, he didn&#8217;t go straight up belly to ceiling cause he knows that could be it, he had to make him adjust his grip. That thing was tight man. So if somebody who is a little more precise or a lot more precise like Brian Ortega, in a transition with a takedown, he gets that arm around the neck, can he finish it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ortega has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/brian-ortega-believes-he-would-have-finished-khabib-nurmagomedov-if-put-in-the-same-spot-at-dustin-poirier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">weighed in<\/a> on the moment Nurmagomedov was in Poirier&#8217;s guillotine. &#8220;T-City&#8221; feels he would&#8217;ve finished &#8220;The Eagle&#8221; if he were in that position.<\/p>\n<p>Serra went on to say that fourth-ranked UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje could also pose some problems for Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who&#8217;s held down Gaethje and beat him up?&#8221; Serra continued. &#8220;Nobody. He&#8217;s so powerful, cardio never seems to be a problem. The way he puts his kicks and his hands [together]. He&#8217;s powerful with his fists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you see Brian Ortega or Justin Gaethje being viable threats to Khabib Nurmagomedov?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/18\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Serra believes two fighters could solve the puzzle of Khabib Nurmagomedov. At a stellar 28-0 and holding UFC lightweight gold, Nurmagomedov has become one of the most dominant fighters in the history of mixed martial arts competition. He&#8217;s coming off a successful title defense against Dustin Poirier, submitting &#8220;The Diamond&#8221; in the third round. 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